geico motorcycle. see how much you could save. it's april fools' day. one month to the day since the promise of serious sequester cuts. has d.c. pulled a joke on all of us? >> what's happening with north korea? baseball is back. it's opening day, 2013. the yankees face their bitter rivals, the red sox. today two teams are standing together in solidarity and we'll tell you why. >> you don't have to be a sports fan to be talking about what happened during last night's louisville-duke game. we'll get into that. >> all that, plus my take on why meryl streep and mlk is not a

romance. this is a milestone day on so many levels. for some like krystal, it is about opening day. for jokers like amp ri, it is about april fools' day. and for top political operatives, it is about the one-month anniversary of the washington made mess that is the sequester. on the baseball front, there is wide ranging pessimism about my team, the yankees this year. for democrats, there is pessimism about the sequester which has not worked out quite like they said it would. >> i don't think we can maintain the same level of security at all places around the country with sequester as without sequester. >> i'm not here to scare people. i'm here to inform. >> these cuts are wrong.

they're not smart. they're not fair. >> the longer these cuts remain in place, the greatter damage to our economy. the slow grind that will intensify with each passing day. >> there will be families in communities that are hurting. this will slow our growth. it will mean lower employment. >> that does not seem to be the message the american public has gotten. a month in, no federal workers have been furloughed. the stock market is ator in a or record highs. the republicans have made political hey out of the end of white house tours because of no money. planes have be fallen out of the sky. cats and dogs are not living together. has the sequester been an april fals joke on democrats and a ban for republican? our friend "washington post" political columnist dana milbank is here to sort it all out. i think the president has to look back at the beginning of the sequester and say it was a good idea at the time.

now republicans have gotten cuts that he surely want. they got to make the president look bad. no white house tours. as he horrible person and americans are not feeling the pain that would make the leverage as that he can imperative. where are we now? >> well, the sky is falling. it is just falling at a slower pace than we thought before. it is still hovering up there somewhere. it is like what happened through this fall and win. we kept getting forecasts for hurricanes and snowstorm and nothing ever happened. the democrats have created a problem for themselves by sounding alarms, and then it doesn't happen. guess what, the republicans can use that to when there will be larger cuts that really could be devastating. they'll say, look, they're just complaining like they did about the sequester. of course, the cuts will get worse toward the end of the year but it is hard to demonstrate something that hasn't happened yet. so they really rhetorically got themselves into a bad spot.

>> i think that president obama's tumbling approval numbers since the sequester prove that the strategy was a little off base. i also think that stories like the one on your paper's front page today about agriculture secretary tom vilsack pressuring the administration to essentially return money cut by the sequester really dulls the argument that a lot of these cuts would be completely irreversible and devastating. putting public opinion of the president and congress aside, i'm wondering what you think the sequester moment, what impact that will have on the public's opinion of the cuts versus revenue debate. will we see any shift on that account, do you think? >> well, i think if there is good news for the democrats, nobody is particularly paying attention. the economic matters in general have faded as people are thinking about other matters such as gay marriage or north

korea or anything else. it is possible the notion of sequester is something we'll talk about but the average american is really not registering right now. the president's opinion has declined. but you have to understand that his opinion will follow where the economy is going in general. the stock markets now at record levels virtually every day. if the rest of the economy continues to follow, the president will be sitting pretty, regardless of what happened with the sequester. this will be a small asterisk. >> i think it is true that the white house and the democrats cut themselves a bad deal here politically. but the other part of this that i think doesn't get enough actual scrutiny is the fact that the press has really misreported some of this. wave got a really long term slow problem here. when you look at the impact of these cuts. and obviously in a rush to explain it, we've been doing these snap polls. the "washington post" when it

looked broadly, talking to people about whether they thought there would be a big effect. 60% thought there would be a negative effect from the federal spending cuts. isn't there a pretty large baseline in public opinion here for people to actually come around to domestic spending but it is too early to tell? >> well, certainly when they start showing up for the airport and flights are canceled and they're waiting in long lines, they'll be blaming that. the media, we come in for our fair share of blame. to save you the trouble of going to a nexus search, i recall using the word meat cleaver to describe what the sequester will do. for the record, you can make a small cut with a meat cleaver. >> it takes skill. >> i don't know what i was thinking at the time. >> honesty in punditry. we appreciate that. i wanted to shift to another issue that everybody is talking about. another important issue, the

chance of an immigration reform deal. you had chuck schumer saying, and i'm paraphrasing, they resolved all the major issues. marco rubio saying hold on. the reports of a deal are premature. what's going on? >> you have marco rubio engaged in a nationwide 50-state butt covering right now. because he's been negotiating this deal. but he is going to get hammered by rush limbaugh and others if he is seen as giving in too quickly. i don't think that's any reason to suspect that immigration reform isn't proceeding as we thought it was earlier. both senate negotiations and house negotiations. and look, that's where everybody knows where things need to go. that's where the republican party in its post mortem said it is where they need to go. this is about marco rannio in 2016 and not getting out over his skis too much. >> you're right. that schism that you know between the media who speaks to the rank and file and the people

in d.c. within the republican party. that is the problem. the media elite and the party for the most part are completely against it. they use words like amnesty. they're not telling the rank and file, we need to get along with this. when he this realize that none of this alone, immigration, will bring in hispanics as they hope, they'll say maybe we're not pursuing the right thing at all. >> that's why they need people like you and me. men of the people to tell them exactly what's going on. >> thank you. >> no more of those washington elitists. >> we'll have you back tomorrow. i really like. dana milbank, thank you very much. we're just getting started. up next, the spin cycle to stand off, north korea is spinning off again. how is the white house spinning it? it is monday, april fools' day. 2013. do we have a mower? no.

a trimmer? no. we got nothing. we just bought our first house, we're on a budget. we're not ready for spring. well let's get you ready. very nice. you see these various colors. we got workshops every saturday. yes, maybe a little bit over here. this spring, take on more lawn for less. not bad for our first spring. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. get planting with package seeds. now buy one, get one free. our largest selection of lobster entrees, like lobster lover's dream or new grilled lobster and lobster tacos. come in now and sea food differently. now, buy one lobsterfest entree and get one 1/2 off with a coupon at redlobster.com. try e-mail marketing from constantcontact. it's the fastest, easiest way to create great-looking custom e-mails that bring customers through your door. sign up for your free trial today at constantcontact.com/try.

woman: what do you mean, homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods? [ heart rate increases ] man: a few inches of water caused all this? [ heart rate increases ] woman #2: but i don't even live near the water. what you don't know about flood insurance may shock you -- including the fact that a preferred risk policy starts as low as $129 a year. for an agent, call the number that appears on your screen.

we are monitoring the korean situation very diligently. we haven't seen action to back up the rhetoric in the sense that we haven't seen significant changes, as i said, in the north in terms of mobilizations or repositioning of forces. >> tensions are tightening further. the north has declared a state of war with the south. i guess, young kim jong un forgot his country has been at war for six decades. but this fresh round of trets comes as the north pledges to

build a nuclear bomb. pyongyang suspended. the pentagon is reposition a destroyer in the region after sending f-22 fighter jets to south korea this week. jim maceda is live in south korea. they can retaliate if the north strikes, but what are the odds that will actually happen? what signs are you watching for? >> reporter: it has always been extremely unlikely that north korea would launch a full scale offensive against the south. that is, using its arsenal of artillery, missiles, 700,000 soldiers amassed at its bored he. kim jong un is young. he is naive but he's not crazy. at least that's how it goes. it is much more likely it would be a smaller strike like if you

recall, the torpedo attack back in 2010 on a south korean vessel that killed almost 50 south korean soldiers. that kind of strike is possible. u.s./south korean war games are ongoing for another month. we know how much that antagonizes kim jong un. so striking a small korean ship is a real threat. in terms of imminent attack or signs of an imminent attack by new york, the most obvious signs would be significant movement of tanks and heavy weapons. missiles, rockets, into the board area. we haven't seen that yet. another sign would be the closing of what they called the industrial zone. that's an industrial park just inside the border. about 50,000 are there. it had teps north korean economy and helps prop up the regime. if that closes, we're told that

would be quite a stark sign that the korean crisis has reached a higher level. again, so far despite all the rhetoric we're hearing, that industrial park has remained conspicuously open. we'll see what happens tomorrow. but sources are saying that this current crisis does seem to have crested. s.e., back to you. >> jim maceda, thank you. i want to bring it back to the table. so basically, guys, there is a lot to look at. china plays a role in this. kim jong un has been trying to consolidate his power in pyongyang ever since his father died. he's been purging officials that have been loyal to his father. and some of my north korean sources say all of these, this sabre rattling of late is proof that he hasn't done it yet. he hasn't been able to effectively consolidate power. and jay carney can say that this sort of thing happens all the

time. but what is different about this time is usually, north korea will sabre rattle and then go dark for a while, go silent. as my colleague jordan chan, a north korea expert says, the temper tantrums have long continued and kim jong un has not quieted down yet. he said he believes a deadly provocation is unfortunately on the imminent horizon. probably not while we're at such a high state of military readiness but he is suggesting somewhere in may or june. but to be on our toes. >> i think most of what you said there is right. i think we made an accurate decision, producer brian, to promote this segment because it is the same old song. this is what kim jong-il used to do. this sabre rattling to get the attention. world. to get money from the united states and then actually very little to nothing actually happens. kim jong un needs to look tough, to get the world's attention. what will actually happen?

any strike against south korea is going to have, to be devastating from the united states. he can't risk that. and china also doesn't want him too many moves. the allows the united states, hey, we need to put more troops in the region them don't want that either. so there are a lot of people. a lot of countries around saying we don't want this and he is not suicidal. they won't do something that will lead to them getting killed. >> i think that's right. two big tracks. one is the sabre rattling that you are talking about. we have the talk about going to war. we have the talk about nuclear capabilities and testing. on the other track is a tremendous. a strain on the north korean economic policy. i just don't mean it is a poor country. there are many poor countries. the tension with the way they're trying to take state control over their markets. you saw in 2009:00er they ibs stootd reform including replacing the currency with bank notes. there were protests and inflation. that economic official was

executed because that's the kind of thing that happens in that country if you don't, if you fail at your government post. so i think the other big piece of this is they have a new economic official. a guy that has been involved in policy before. but they've been doing more with him this week, trying to say we'll have another reopening. we'll find some other kind of good news. that's a region without the cooperation of their neighbors, and their complete dogma about the kind of market planned economy that they want, it is very hard for them to alleviate those long term economic burdens themselves may just be distracting. >> it is not just about could not sol dating his power. it is also about him distracting his population from the misery that they're suffering under economically, there are reports and it is very hard to get good reporting out of north korea. but many famines popping up.

the u.n. human rights commissioner said north korea had the worst human rights situation in the whole world. and it is becoming increasingly difficult. they used to have this monopoly on information. they would convince their population that actually, they had it way better than south korea. people in south korea had it worse than they did. people are realizing that's not true. not only are they realizing there is a threat of power from the elites in the military, there is also a threat from the population who are increasingly dissatisfied and recognizing what is going on in the world. >> yeah. i think that's right. and the other thing to just bring in, as i'm sure you guys are aware, last week we tied our fate to south korea science an agreement to support them no matter what. so we are obviously watching this very closely of the. straight ahead, republicans are threatening a filibuster. democrats say bring it on. and 90,000 mom are saying, get something done. the guest spot is next. [ male announcer ] what?! investors could lose

tens of thousands of dollars in hidden fees on their 401(k)s?! go to e-trade and roll over your old 401(k)s to a new e-trade retirement account. none of them charge annual fees and all of them offer low cost investments. e-trade. less for us. more for you. is as much about getting there... ♪ ...as it is being there. ♪ [ birds chirping ] away is where the days are packed with wonder... ♪ [ wind whistles ] ...and the evenings are filled with familiar comforts.

find your away. for a dealer and the rv that's right for you, visit gorving.com. anncr: and many of the tornado's thavictims are...you, without homes tonight. girl: first, i saw it on cable. then i read about it online. i found out how to help. i downloaded the info. i spoke up... and told my friends... and they told their friends... and together, we made a difference. anncr: and tornado relief has been pouring in from... across the country. girl: we might be hundreds of miles apart... but because we're connected, it's like we're all neighbors.

play ball of it is opening day for most major league baseball team at stadiums across the country. people are enjoying the crack of the bat. the smell of freshly cut grass and maybe some cracker jack that's the they're truly living the cliche. but in new york city from queens to yankee stadium in the bronx, the players and fans alike are remembering those who can no longer root and no longer dream of one day making it to the bigs. players for both teams held moments of silence this afternoon complete with a full honor guard. the players are wearing patches in remembrance of the sandy hook victims. and down i-95, there was another week of silence in d.c. that's how long it will be until congress is back in session. when they do return next monday, the senate is expected to take

up a gun control bill brought to the floor by democrats. a bill which some gop senators have already threatened to filibuster. don't underestimate the power of what is quickly becoming one of washington's most powerful lobbies, mom. 90,000 strong now with one message to congress. pass common sense gun control legislation. in the guest spot, kim russell who is a chapter coordinator for the grassroots group, moms who demand action. they've launched a week long, in honor of this sandy hook victim who would have turned 7 on thursday. >> thank you for having me. >> welcome to the gun control conversation. when mothers against drunk driving got involved, it was very common to say i'll have one for the road and not have all sorts of laws. they made a mass chif change in that situation. what is the legislation that you would most like to see sort of passed? anything on the table or

something that is not even being discussed? not on the table? what is your dream law that you would like to see come out of this? it is pretty straightforward. i'm a little conversation that i'm having to work so hard to make this happen. we want a ban on assault weapons. we want a ban on ammunition magazines of more than ten rounds. large quantities purchased of ammunition or guns, we want reported to the atf. no online sale of ammunition. and we want strong gun trafficking laws. we want this to be a federal crime with stiff criminal penalties. these are kind of no brainers. we also demand background checks on every purchase. >> you said no guns, no bullet sales online. does that include no gun sales online? >> we would love to see these taken offline. we need to have background checks. it is very important. it would really help solve our epidemic of gun violence. >> let's look at where those proportions line up.

we start out with a couple of bills that we'll put on the screen. the assault weapons bap that you just mentioned. the fix gun checks act which is chuck schumer's bill. the school safety enhancement act which deals with a lot of the security questions around schools. as well as discussions about magazine regulation. if you look on the right side of the screen, what you have is the end game here. harry reid has winnowed this down to only background checks and school safety. while laudable, is not gun regulation and doesn't deal with the access to guns and the flow of guns that you're describing. so where do you think we are versus harry reid and this plan that will move on the floor? is it enough that he's saying there will be amendments for these additional packages? or do you not think that will work? >> we were very disappointed when harry reid took senator feinstein's proposal off. we really admired her bill and wanted to see that happen. as president obama said, we deserve a vote. those kids in sandy hook deserve

a vote and this is not fair. however, feinstein also said that the previous assault weapons ban passed on amendments. so maybe there is a chance here. if it doesn't happen though, we are not going to back down. our moms are strong. they are tenacious. we're not giving up. we will be here for 2014 and we will vote for people who vote with us. this is important. >> kim, as i'm sure you know, so-called assault weapons are responsible for only about 2% of gun homicides every year. the vast majority are committed by handguns. as i'm sure i don't have to tell you. i'm wondering, are mom demand action planning on calling for a ban on handguns, if not, why? >> well, you know, we're not infringing on anyone's second amendment right. you can own guns. however, if there are back ground collection on all gun purchases, if straw trafficking

becomes a criminal offense, and has strong penalties, the supply will dry up. criminals will not be able to get their hands on handguns as easily. right now chicago has some of the toughest gun laws in our country. however, they are 20 minutes away from indiana. they can just go over the state line and get more guns. or a straw trafficker can load up a trunk full of weapons and drive them into chicago and sell them. >> i want to thank you first of all for having the courage to take par in the legislative process. it is a hard thing as a private citizen to put yourself out there. thank you for doing that. and i wanted to get your sense of how things have gone thus far. ari touched on the sort of legislative mechanics. there are those who have said, we didn't act quickly enough and now the moment has passed and the public's attention has moved on. and the momentum we had has also waned. do you think that's right or do

you still feel hopeful that we can get something meaningful passed? >> i think if that's how people see this, they vastly underestimate the power of mothers. we're not going away. our movement started the day after newtown. we are now 90,000 members. we have over 80 chapters in 38 states and we are growing every day. our moms, they're not just these casual facebook likers. these moms are throughout in every city across the country hosting rallies, writing press releases, doing interviews on television. things that they never dreamed in a thousand years they would be doing. and they are not stopping. this is about our children. they are our greatest resource. if we let our children down, then as president obama said, shame on us of. >> you talk about the children. i'm sure as you know, women, the moms themselves are twice as likely to face, to be shot by a gun in the hand of somebody who is an intimate partner. your husband, your boyfriend, your friend, rather than a stranger. this isn't just about the next generation.

this is about you. >> that's true. that's true. and we're fighting for all gun violence. i think what got us all here is we realized our kids weren't safe. when you figure that out, you know, mama bear comes out. that's just how it goes. >> we talk about homicide all the time. but there are more gun suicides than homicides in this country. that's a whole other piece to be worried about, too. >> this is true. we hope as our organization grows, that we can educate folks about all gun violence. suicides, homicides, you know, domestic abusers. right now we have to focus on this legislation. further down the road, we hope to have that conversation. >> all right. best of luck to you. >> up next, some fad for thought on what we eat. and where it goes. and this might get a little gross. oh, he's a fighter alright.

since aflac is helping with his expenses while he can't work, he can focus on his recovery. he doesn't have to worry so much about his mortgage, groceries, or even gas bills. kick! kick... feel it! feel it! feel it! nice work! ♪ you got it! you got it! yes! aflac's gonna help take care of his expenses. and us...we're gonna get him back in fighting shape. ♪ [ male announcer ] see what's happening behind the scenes at ducktherapy.com. only hertz gives you a carfirmation. hey, this is challenger.

i'll be waiting for you in stall 5. it confirms your reservation and the location your car is in, the moment you land. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz.

the day building a play set begins with a surprise twinge of back pain... and a choice. take up to 4 advil in a day or 2 aleve for all day relief. [ male announcer ] that's handy. ♪ was a record collection. no. there was that fuzzy stuff on the gouda. [ both ] ugh! when it came to our plants... we were so confused. how much is too much water? too little? until we got miracle-gro moisture control. it does what basic soils don't by absorbing more water, so it's there when plants need it. yeah, they're bigger and more beautiful. guaranteed. in pots. in the ground. in a ukulele. are you kidding me? that was my idea. with the right soil... everyone grows with miracle-gro.

people do it every day. we're obsessed with it from a young age and we all love to do it. when it comes to an end, most of russ too embarrassed to talk about it. i'm talking about eating. for most of us, after we stop tasting it, the eating process is a complete mystery. our next guest who the "washington post" call the funniest science writer on the planet, wants to take out a ride through the digestive tract from the beginning to, yes, the very end. joining us now, mary has written books about everything from sex, cadavers to life on mars. now the author of gulp. thanks for being here. >> i was through your book. it is pretty interesting. i want to start with a stupid question if that's okay with you. you talk about it in the book, how 90% of the actual tasting process, what most people enjoy about eating, what food you

focus on, come from the sense of smell. here's a stupid question from someone reading your book. why don't we have more food products designed to appeal to our sense of smell rather than the fat and sugar that we seem to love and focus on? >> there are tons of the food products. like wine. everything that's going on when you're wine tasting, all the aromas wafting up into the nose. so unless it is salt, sweet, sour, bitter, everything else. that's like the shirt and pants. all the accessories. anything melon, chocolate, vanilla. >> you crack a can and you get some brownie scent and it is as good as a brownie. >> you do. that's happening in your, you have an extra set of nostrils. you don't know this. you have a second set inside your mouth. they're called the internal nostrils. >> where are they? they're in the back. in the back of the mouth. this opening between the mouth and the nose. so you take food in your mouth and you heat it up.

these gases, these aromas come off. and they go up through those internal nostrils so you are sniffing and smelling while you eat. while you're tasting, while it is in your mouth. the internal nostrils. >> so our colleague steve kornacki was an adventurous eater. i think the taste is really a funny thing. why are there foods that i like that you might not like? is there such a thing as just delicious being delicious? >> it seems to be entirely culture dependent. when you're first born though, when you're first born, up to about a couple of years, you can get kids to eat just about anything. >> you can? >> little kids. like, there was a study, okay? where they gave babies, they set in front of them like a cracker with, a cookie with ketchup on it, a dead grass hopper, fake

dog doo that was scented with himburger cheese. here. it is dog doo. it was for 16 to 29 months. they determined -- >> so that period is like the critical period for getting them on expand their palate? >> in the womb you're doing a certain amount of that. am knottic flied. if the mother is eating, say, garlic. >> hmm. >> i'm thinking, we have someone. >> what are you doing? >> buffalo wings, maybe, i'll saying theoretically. >> but that, if you, so you should be eating all kinds of adventurous foods. that way your baby will be exposed to them before he or she is born. >> good to know. >> let's talk about adventurous foods. the meal worm is said to be able

to eat its way out of something's stomach if it gets eaten. which made me think, is that true? and when you eat freshly shucked oysters, they are actually still alive. are they in your stomach thinking, if i had hands, i could get out of here. that had me thinking if i, or perhaps ar i were eaten by a whale -- >> why does it have to be a whale? whatever. >> he would be able to get his way out of there? >> okay. do you want to start with the meal worm? that was a complicated question. we'll go through it quickly. a meal worm can't eat its way out. i saw the study. they stuck a tube into the lizard's stoppage the meal worm, yeah, i give up. that's a myth. it is on the internet. oyster. i love oysters so i was curious about this. and i chew my oysters. some people swallow them hole. which i don't understand this. but if you do, you would think,

what happens? >> it is a better taste if you swallow it. >> you chew it. you're releasing all the different flavors. hold it in your mouth, chew it up. you swallow them whole? >> yeah. it feels really nice. >> can i ask the question -- >> go with the whale and the man. >> you don't want to know about the oysters? >> i'm be done. so here's your answer. first of all, the temperature is too warm. it will survive. they can survive without oxygen. so that's not a question. a little too warm for them and too acidic. the acid would send them into shock. they would be alive for a little while. i asked this guy, what would their mental state be? >> sure. >> and he said, well, given that they have a few ganglia, they're pretty low on the consciousness scale. so probably not a whole lot of emotional turmoil and anguish. >> s.e.? >> ar i in the whale. okay, which whale? you have to say which wail.

the sperm whale is the best one. that is a whale that doesn't, it doesn't chew its food. it feeds by suction. so you're in there. if you had, say, a scubaa tank so mud is oxygen. you're in there. you think, this is pretty good. there is no gastric acid in the forestomach of the sperm whale. so that's working in your favor. the problem is that the whale, the sperm whale's stomach has these contractions. really powerful. so you would be crushed. >> what is the rent though? we're paying a lot for this studio in new york. s.e. has a question. >> i was dining with some foodie friends this weekend. one is in culinary school and she was about umami. this weird mythical sixth or seventh sense. can you explain that? >> yeah. it is the fifth taste. bitter, sweet, salty, sour, and then somebody invited umami to the party. it is brothy, like meaty flavor,

soy, meaty. i don't know the history of it. like where, who decided, okay, now we have five. but that's what it is. it is the fifth taste. >> here's another thing that my 5-year-old daughter is fascinated by. can you actually eat yourself to death? and how much would it take? >> it is very difficult to burst the human stomach. it is very difficult. because the body has all these safety reflexes. the first one being, first i'm going to give you the scientific name. are you ready? the transient lower sfingter relaxation. got it? burp. if, this is particularly helpful if you have something very gassy. you took in too much bicarbonated sewed. a you have a lot of gas. you can ditch the gas.

that takes the pressure off. if you're eating a ton, the safety reflex is that you throw up. >> speaking of which, how did elvis die? you had a chapter on that. >> i have a chap on elvis. he had what's called a mega colon. you don't have the right nerves along the end of the colon so it doesn't have the contraction to push it along. a big problem. you end up getting severely constipated. you would see him at a concert and he look like he gained 20 pounds. part of that was he hadn't gone for a while. you have something like severe constipation. this is lovely talk. >> well, your book, this is truly your book. >> i'm fine with it. you stop me. >> i think we got the gist. >> i want to thank you for a meaty segment, a brothy segment. i think this is a really good

conversation. up next we'll talk about something a lot of people have been discussing. the kevin ware injury which side lined a promising career. does the ncaa owe him anything? we went out and asked people a simple question: how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed: the official retirement age. ♪ the question is how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all of these years. ♪

a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem, a condition that puts him at greater risk for a stroke. [ gps ] turn left.

i don't think so. [ male announcer ] for years, bob took warfarin, and made a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but not anymore. bob's doctor recommended a different option: once-a-day xarelto®. xarelto® is the first and only once-a-day prescription blood thinner for patients with afib not caused by a heart valve problem, that doesn't require routine blood monitoring. like warfarin, xarelto® is proven effective to reduce the risk of an afib-related stroke. there is limited data on how these drugs compare when warfarin is well managed. no routine blood monitoring means bob can spend his extra time however he likes. new zealand! xarelto® is just one pill a day, taken with the evening meal. and with no dietary restrictions, bob can eat the healthy foods he likes. do not stop taking xarelto® rivaroxaban without talking to the doctor who prescribes it for you. stopping may increase your risk of having a stroke. get medical help right away if you develop any signs or symptoms of bleeding, like unusual bruising or tingling.

you may have a higher risk of bleeding if you take xarelto® with aspirin products, nsaids or blood thinners. talk to your doctor before taking xarelto® if you currently have abnormal bleeding. xarelto® can cause bleeding, which can be serious, and rarely may lead to death. you are likely to bruise more easily on xarelto®, and it may take longer for bleeding to stop. tell your doctors you are taking xarelto® before any planned medical or dental procedures. before starting xarelto®, tell your doctor about any conditions, such as kidney, liver or bleeding problems. ready to change your routine? ask your doctor about once-a-day xarelto®. for more information including cost support options, call 1-888-xarelto or visit goxarelto.com. yesterday, millions tuned in to see what was supposed to be a battle between basketball powerhouses fighting to get to the final four. instead the world saw kevin

ware, sophomore guard for louisville, suffer one of the ugliest sports injuries in the history of national broadcasting for obvious reasons, we're not going to slow the injury here in an effort to one, keep our viewers and ourselves from passing out. and two, to preserve his dignity and keep from sensation alliesing it. louisville rallied around each other and made a rally in the second half and stagd their claim on the last available final four slot. after the game, teammates dedicated their performance to ware and even wore his jersey as they received their midwest regional trophy. a day after louisville blitzed duke, nobody is talking about the game per se. many are raising larger questions about the relationship between the ncaa profiting colleges and the college athlete. so let's spin on it. first, all of our thought and prayers go out to kevin ware. a horrific injury that i never want to go through or know anyone who goes through. it is awful.

we pray for his recovery. and there was some tentative good news that looks like his surgery was successful. so that is a hopeful sign. it raised questions for mexico i am a division one swimmer. very difficult from basketball and football where the school is profiting off you. i was surprised to learn that you're actually not guaranteed your four years of scholarship. so if you are injured, like kevin ware has been, you're not guaranteed anything. you're not even guaranteed that your medical bills will be covered. he is a high profile case. he will probably be taken care of. i'm sure there are at love college athletes who are injured who don't get publicity who won't be taken care of. that seem really wrong to me. >> i think that's absolutely right. and the kevin ware injury reminded me why these guys should be paid. they rick their career and in some way, their lives every day. this was a horrific noncontact

injury. you can see, anything can happen to anybody at any time. they are risking their careers. this is fairly normal. willis mcgahee, they ruined their legs or their knees all the time. change the amount of money they can get. most of them are class guys. one shot at getting some money. moving them and their family up to another class and there is no insurance within this at all. not only are they not getting paid above the board, they are getting paid in many cases on this underground economy thing which is totally illegal which totally screws things up for them as well. but the school is tons of money off of them. and then if the scholarship is not renewed, maybe the rehab and other thing back to then and their families. this doesn't make any sense to me. >> it doesn't. i've been reading about it today, too. salon has some interesting things. they're having that exact same

conversation. it seems like there is a lot of risk here and kevin ware's injury is probably rare. but still, there is a whole lot of risk here for very little reward. a lot of these guys, even though louisville is one of the better programs in the country, a lot of these guys don't get get to . there's no guarantee they do. kevin ware was probably in contention to do that. who knows how long this injury puts him out for. as krystal mentioned, maybe his scholarship is renewed. it probably will be. others might not be so lucky to have this happen on national television. so it just seems, again, like college athletics really just inculcates just sort of creates this environment that is not maybe the best for our young athletes. >> yeah, well look, you got a system here that is built on exploiting people to maximize profits for the school and some cases the argument is it

subsidizes the rest of the programs. the educational and other opportunities. whether that's true or not doesn't go to the fundamental question of whether these kids, and they really are kids when they start out, are being chewed up and spit out. and obviously that entire conversation is heightened when look at someone who has put it all on the line and is hurt and some ways may have their punitive career and life to some degree ruined. a lot of this may come to a head in july of next year. that's when the ncaa class action antitrust case will get its day in court. and you've got some players led by edo bannin who are fighting the least defensible part of all this which is under the current rules the ncaa reserves its right to profit off these players after they leave school. so obannon was from a big school where they're using him in video games and such. he's not a kid anymore. he's now working, running a used

car shop. he's saying that's my name, that's my face, and that's my body in the video game and it's got nothing coming back to me and i didn't make it big. he also stresses and his lawyers say and the nature of the class action, this is not only about him getting his. they want policy changes in the ncaa. one of their goals i think is a great idea and i think of it as a great idea basically with regard to just compensation for work, i'm not a big expert on sports, but i think this is only fair, they say, look, set up a trust so that these kids aren't inundated with cash while they're trying to play but a trust so they get the money when they graduate and can spend it on what they choose. >> inundated with cash? how about just having money to be able to afford basic stuff like sneakers? i mean, we've heard over and over that their jerseys are being sold and they don't have enough money to buy sneakers or buy a hamburger. >> if you give them the money now, if you give them a ton of money now while they're in school, that would be the

argument. there's got to be some deferral of it. >> part of the problem and part of the reason we have this situation is these are young people, this is the way that everyone's done it. this is the way they're told they have to do it. you have this unequal power situation. you have to have something like a class action lawsuit to be able to collectively have the power to be able to change things. so we'll have to keep on eye on that. all right. now that we have that settled, i have a big announcement to make. you guys are going to be really surprised. i'm having twins. >> what? >> just kidding. it's april fool's day. i know. i got you. we want to know what is the best april fool's prank you have ever pulled? i'm sure it's better than that one. lauren waksman says she replaced the cream in oreos with toothpaste. >> what? >> sounds like a waste of good oreos to this pregnant lady. still ahead, perhaps toure's

most bizarre rant. unbelievable. that's really saying something. ♪ constipated? yeah. mm. some laxatives like dulcolax can cause cramps. but phillips' caplets don't. they have magnesium. for effective relief of occasional constipation. thanks. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillips'.

friends, i'm thrilled to hear that hollywood is finally starting work on a definitive biopic about the life of dr. martin luther king jr. it's long overdue. i'm a bit dismayed of the controversy around the film. don't get me wrong, i understand why some are upset steven spielberg cast meryl streep to play the king. seeing meryl streep lead the march on washington and the

montgomery bus boycott and preaching from the pulpit in southern baptist churches and writing the letter from the birmingham jail. streep will do this without appearance altering makeup. will take mental gymnastics at first to see this white woman and see dr. king. her monumental talent as an actor will make us see it, as our ability as a nation to see beyond someone's skin. for those who say they're post-racial, this will be your test. until the film comes out, the relationship between streep and black america will be as facebook would say, complicated, but i think this choice on the part of spielberg is a stroke of gen genius. this gives us the modern american culture, black and white remixed into one body and gives us the embodiment of king's philosophy, the content of our character is more important than the color of our skin. streep will embody king's ethos forcing us to see through her whiteness to recognize that race is merely a social construct,

not a biological reality, not the entirety of who we are and hopefully one day not the thing that determines where you eup i life. are we so different deep down beneath the skin, so different no our souls she cannot do this? streep additioned along size denzel washington and morgan freeman and will smith. spielberg chose her, because his son said, if we can't walk a mile in each other's shoes, how can we hope to understand each other? there are elements of king's life she could not hope to understand, but she says she's up for the challenge. and i believe her. she's the finest living actor in hollywood, trained to become people and put her essence on screen. there's no one who can evoke king better than her. streep is the best actor in the world with the possible exception of me who read this whole thing with a straight face. happy april fool's day. all right. that does it for "the cycle.